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Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt Botticelli Reimagined V&A Museum, 5 March – 3 July 2016 Lender Reference number: Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (8767) Title: Birth of Venus Date of creation: 1868-9 Place of creation: Basel, Switzerland Artist/ Designer: Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901) Dimensions: 1355 x 790 mm Nationality of Artist: Swiss Materials/ medium: Oil on canvas Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): Female figure, representing Venus, emerges from the foam of the sea. A veil held by two putti is gathered in the hand of the female figure to cover her from the waist down. Lender (name and address): Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt Friedenspl. 1 64283 Darmstadt Germany Provenance: 1898 Maximilian Freiherr von Heyl, in Darmstadt; various owners; Sigmund Buchenau, Niendorf/Lubeck; 1938 Karl Haberstock, Berlin; ‘Führermuseum’, Linz; acquired by The Federal Republic of Germany; since 1968 on permanent loan to Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt Ownership between 1933-1945: Collection of Sigmund Buchenau; from 1938 in the collection of Karl Haberstock; the ‘Führermuseum’, Linz Art Gallery Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (AE.1285) Title: The Devout Jews at Pentecost Date of creation: 1500s Place of creation: Italy Artist/ Designer: Sandro Botticelli (c.1445-1510) Dimensions: 231 x 365 mm Nationality of Artist: Italian (Florentine) Materials/ medium: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash with white gouache, on paper Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): This drawing depicts eight figures (seven above and one below) gathered around a central door. It is believed to record the missing lower half of a painting titled Pentecost now in the collection of the Birmingham Museums Trust. Lender (name and address): Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt Friedenspl. 1 64283 Darmstadt Germany Provenance: In the Hessisches Landesmuseum collection in Darmstadt by 1896 Ownership between 1933-1945: Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt collection Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main (936) Title: Ideal Portrait of a Lady (‘Simonetta Vespucci’) Date of creation: 1475/85 Place of creation: Florence, Italy Artist/ Designer: Sandro Botticelli (c.1445-1510) Dimensions: 820 x 540 mm (unframed) Nationality of Artist: Italian (Florentine) Materials/ medium: Tempera on poplar Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): Bust portrait of female figure, facing to her right, on a black background. Figure dressed in a white antique costume with a highly ornate hairstyle. Lender (name and address): Städel Museum Schaumainkai 63 60596 Frankfurt am Main Germany Provenance: By 1830 in the possession of the Frankfurt art dealer Christian Franz Eberhard-Winter, from whom purchased in 1849 by the Stadelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt Ownership between 1933-1945: Stadelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main (1064) Title: The Virgin and Child with the Young St John the Baptist Date of creation: 1480s Place of creation: Florence, Italy Artist/ Designer: Workshop of Sandro Botticelli (c.1445-1510) Dimensions: 936 x 762 mm (unframed) Nationality of Artist: Italian (Florentine) Materials/ medium: Tempera on poplar Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): Panel painting of the Virgin and Child with St John. Lender (name and address): Städel Museum Schaumainkai 63 60596 Frankfurt am Main Germany Provenance: By 1869 owned by the Munich librarian Widmann, by whom lent that year to an exhibition of Old Master paintings at the Koniglichen Kunstausstellungsgebaude, Munich; purchased by the Frankfurter Kunstverein for the Stadelsche Kunstinstitut Ownership between 1933-1945: Stadelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Accademia Carrara, Pinacoteca di Arte Antica, Bergamo (58MR00006) Title: Portrait of Giuliano de’ Medici Date of creation: 1478 Place of creation: Italy Artist/ Designer: Sandro Botticelli (c.1445-1510) Dimensions: 568 x 385 mm Nationality of Artist: Italian (Florentine) Materials/ medium: Tempera on poplar Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): This panel is a half-length likeness of Giuliano de’ Medici, the brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent. An open window appears behind the sitter. Lender (name and address): Pinacoteca dell’ Accademia Carrara Piazza Giacomo Carrara 82, 24121 Bergamo BG Italy Provenance: Acquired in 1883 in Florence by Giovanni Morelli; 1891 bequeathed by him to the Accademia Carrara Ownership between 1933-1945: Accademia Carrara Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Accademia Carrara, Pinacoteca di Arte Antica, Bergamo (928-1891) Title: Christ the Redeemer (Man of Sorrows) Date of creation: c.1495-1505 Place of creation: Italy Artist/ Designer: Sandro Botticelli (c.1445-1510) Dimensions: 476 x 323 mm Nationality of Artist: Italian (Florentine) Materials/ medium: Tempera and gold on wood Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): This half-length panel depicts Christ crowned with thorns his hand raised in benediction, dressed in a robe of red and cloak of blue with an ornate trim. The figure is set against a darkened background. Lender (name and address): Pinacoteca dell’ Accademia Carrara Piazza Giacomo Carrara 82, 24121 Bergamo BG Italy Provenance: Acquired in Florence by Giovanni Morelli; 1891 bequeathed by him to the Accademia Carrara Ownership between 1933-1945: Accademia Carrara Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (1890) Title: Pallas and the Centaur Date of creation: c.1482 Place of creation: Italy Artist/ Designer: Sandro Botticelli (c.1445-1510) Dimensions: 2070 x 1480 mm Nationality of Artist: Italian (Florentine) Materials/ medium: Tempera on canvas Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): This painting depicts a female figure in delicate clothing and loosely wrapped drapery holding a large weapon and commonly identified as Pallas the goddess of wisdom. She clutches the hair of a centaur who holds a bow in his right hand. The setting in the foreground is a scene of ruins, with a distant view of landscape and sea. Lender (name and address): Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi 6 50122 Firenze FI Italy Provenance: Medici collection; transferred to Villa Castello; after 1856 transferred to private apartments in Palazzo Pitti; 1895 transferred to the Uffizi Gallery Ownership between 1933-1945: Uffizi Gallery Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Galleria dell’ Accademia, Florence (8456) Title: The Virgin and Child (Madonna del Mare) Date of creation: 1475-80 Place of creation: Florence (Italy) Artist/ Designer: Sandro Botticelli (c.1445-1510) Dimensions: 403 x 284 mm Nationality of Artist: Italian (Florentine) Materials/ medium: Tempera on wood Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): The Virgin holds the child on her lap. Her mantle is decorated with a star and the child holds a pomegranate. A seascape is visible in the distance. Lender (name and address): Galleria dell’ Accademia, Florence Via Ricasoli, 58/60 Firenze Italy Provenance: Convent of Santa Felicita, Florence; 1809 Accademia, Florence; 1934 Uffizi; 1936 Accademia Ownership between 1933-1945: Accademia; Uffizi; Accademia Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna, Rome (1362) Title: La Rinascita Date of creation: 1895 (Cast in bronze 1897) Place of creation: Italy Artist/ Designer: Ettore Ximenes (1855 -1926) Dimensions: 2140 x 1200 x 950 mm Nationality of Artist: Italian Materials/ medium: Bronze, wooden base Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): A bronze sculpture of a female figure in loose drapery holding a flower and seated upon a decorative base. The figure represents an allegory of the Renaissance and includes an inscription ‘Alexander Botticellius Florentinus lumen dedit’. Lender (name and address): Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna Viale delle Belle Arti 131 00196 Roma Italy Provenance: Bought by the Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna in 1897 Ownership between 1933-1945: Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna Object registered on Art Loss Register?: Not checked Image of Object: Lender Reference number: Private Collection Title: Madonna of the Angels (Magnificat) Date of creation: 1895 Place of creation: Italy Artist/ Designer: Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860 -1932) Dimensions: 1230 mm (diameter) Nationality of Artist: Italian Materials/ medium: Oil on canvas Brief physical description (including identifying marks and inscriptions): An oil painting in a tondo format. Central figures representing the Virgin and Christ child (seated on a ledge) with five angels surrounding. Lender (name and address): Private Collection Ing. Giorgio Cortini Via Cassia n. 557 00189 Roma Italy Provenance: Angela Sartorio; Augusto Jandolo; sold 1937; by descent to present owner Ownership between 1933-1945: Descendent of Cortini family Object
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